Gene Vincent - Rip It Up 1958

[CharlesFlanders1]

That`s rock and roll!!!!!

[jahrastapack]

cliff shreds

[choad1976]

Did Meeks ever play with anyone besides the Bluecaps? Anybody?

[bobluman4]

@choad1976 yea but no one famous

[choad1976]

Wow, check out Flock of Seagulls on the bass. Progressive doo for '58...

[SKAZSKAZSKAZ]

sounds and looks great

[LordRael013]

@ ThePaperFalcon: These guys were before doing this before Elvis. Maybe you should've said: "Elvis received such a strong influence."

[MrRobinPresley]

@LordRael013 Elvis started about three years before Gene, so this wasn't before. Be informed before talking,

[ThePaperFalcon]

Elvis had such a huge influence :P

[ed1cat1]

Johnny Meeks rocked!

[hydfawr]

40th anniversary of Genes death today. RIP Man

[RoShamBohhh]

@hydfawr iseewhatudidthere with the RIP

[rrib13]

Vincent Eugene Craddock (February 11, 1935 – October 12, 1971)

[JamesMatchboxLee]

Oh Yeaaaaaaaaaaaa

[Jimmyjumpnjive]

Johnny Meeks is delicious.

[GreenhouseEffectGE]

This completely rocks !!

[adam1969ism]

Howard Jones playing bass?

[micmoable]

Ritchie Valens did better version of this

[MrSenneboy]

elvis version is good too!

[Jimmyjumpnjive]

So cool

[djtomfinn]

One of our treasures, the great Gene Vincent

[TheNigelc8]

PooPoo2u, Thanks for that

[MrEconline]

Parents lock your children away here comes rock n roll! God bless Gene Vincent RIP

[TheNigelc8]

Fantastic, love to know the names of bass and lead guitars , brilliant

[PooPoo2U]

@TheNigelc8: Bass is Jack Neal I believe, and the guitar is the ever-brilliant Cliff Gallup.

[CountThrillhammer]

@PooPoo2U It's Jerry Merritt on lead - Cliff left the group two years previously.

[PooPoo2U]

@CountThrillhammer: Haha, I totally missed the 1958 in the title.

[CountThrillhammer]

@PooPoo2U Easily done , I particularly like this period with Jerry. He wrote She She Little Sheila as well.

[bobluman4]

@CountThrillhammer its not jerry lee merit its johnny meeks johnny meeks was better than cliff and jerry as he played cleaner

[CountThrillhammer]

@bobluman4 It's actually the geezer from Flock Of Seagulls and he doesn't look very clean to me.

[bobluman4]

@CountThrillhammer its johnny meeks and its said he was cleaner i wouldn't say he is but i like his style better i thought cliff was pretty crap , he is no geezer i have no idea what your on about my friend ..

[bobluman4]

@PooPoo2U wrong and wrong ! is johnny meeks on guitar and grady owen on bass

[scifibaby]

It's Brian Gregory you dick. not Dan.

[penam]

WHO'S THIS CLOWN? SERIOUSLY? !  LIL RICHARD RULES!!

[rodrigitotube]

Esto es la neta!

El árbol cuyas ramas miran sus raíces con desprecio, esta condenado a secarse.

[dusenbass]

Check out the bass player! Now we know where Dan Gregory from the Cramps got his haircut

[ArrivaLaFranja21]

sweet =)

[BCK]

Norfolk, Va's favorite son!

[danpolicarpo]

The "diet pills" back then sure seemed a bit better in effect than today!

[blitzspeer]

Gotta dig the bass player, his haircut was 35 years ahead of time,it looks like the skater cuts of the 90's.Gene rocked true been a fan all my life and always will be RIP Gene.

[violinroy]

anybody know who the bass and gtr are?

[bradhamerstrat]

look at the one dude's hair the fifties? he had the flock of segull's do man cool

[lightlyone]

Shi+ yeah! The reeeeeaaaaalllll thang!!

[Kalkas53]

great version of this song

[TumbrelJockey]

I hear ya !

[ultimateguitar553]

16 people think Radiohead and Nirvana are good bands

[BluesYourAss]

@ultimateguitar553 XD They aren't good bands they are GREAT BANDS !

[CarlosReus]

Gene Vincent : You really RIP IT UP ! Great performance by a great WILD CAT !

[Nerona2111]

its sooo goooood forever and ever

[wins151]

i like the chuck B R&R influance this is after he came out people start playing chuck style music very good song that is the blue print of todays music thanks.

[oramikleepunk]

@wins151 Your right,Alot of those Rockabilly singers play alot of Chuck Berry licks in that era.

[wins151]

@oramikleepunk Yes true i just found out this wk that this is a L Richie song aswell it seem like CB & LR infulenced these early acts. I'm just learning about hillbilly sound and have been listening to some for the first time i noticed that. They also use alot of street talk in later HLBilly songs words like Kat, Boogie, dig, words like that used on the streets at the times they apare to combine alot of sounds and style to help make a new sound thanks.

[raptothecore]

The Beatles sent me here, thank you John Lennon.

[bobluman4]

i love the way he sings it gene simply is one of the best if not the best.

[LoriundJimi]

astrein

[martindemo]

I watch this abt once a week cos it's SO good

[138hyde]

back when rock n roll was real RIP rock n roll:(

[wavelinked]

way............cool..thanks Gene.

[astronorm111]

These guys were the true constructionist of "Rock & Roll". So who is continuing their

work and their efforts???? Any clue??? Thought so. No one...not today. RIP.

[cz75gsc]

@astronorm111 ...

Brian Setzer, maybe?

[TumbrelJockey]

Elvis,Fats,Jerry Lee ,Carl,Bo,lil Richard ,Buddy etc. will always have their due .but the next wave- carried the fire of Rock & Roll ,to the four corners.Love it.

[BluesYourAss]

@TumbrelJockey Best Rock'nRoller are: 1.Gene incent and his blue caps, 2.Elvis Presley, 3. Chuck Berry, 4.Jerry Lee Lewis, 6. Screamin' Jay Hawkins

[nikotus1000]

@BluesYourAss How about Eddie Cochran?

[BluesYourAss]

@nikotus1000 They blow Eddie's tiny balls off dude! HIS TINY BALLS!!!!!!!!!!

[jovialduke]

@BluesYourAss no little richard, no cigar

[JohnLennoninmyGuitar]

@BluesYourAss

elvis was rockabilly, not rock and roll, The beatles are the best anyways

[BluesYourAss]

@JohnLennoninmyGuitar Rock'n'Roll is the whole thing. Rockabilly is a part of it, like Car-Sound and Doo Wop.

[magprob]

Good raw Rock & Roll played on Fender Guitars just like it was meant to be.

[musicchains]

@eugenecradddock You're dumb.

[musicchains]

Long live Gene Vincent!!!

[MICKEYSMONKEY]

go cat go

[cinzsweet]

my personal fav version of this song , though I like the others......just something edgy and raw about Gene's voice, the tempo, and those guitars are absolutely rockin'....wow

[cinzsweet]

slow ballads, jumpin' rock, rockabilly, Gene could do it all and do it great........all on his bad leg. I love G.V., Eddie, Buddy, Ritchie and all them kats that were so great and died too damn young

[Deader87]

The 1950s is simply the best!!!

[GoggleFreak234]

@Deader87 i now wat u mean u could be a kid and not get shot u could go out with friends no hifrutose corn syrup so u wouldnt get fat u had lots of friends and the music and food was incredible

[Deader87]

@GoggleFreak234 You said it bro

[1doctoma]

who's the DADDY?......

[gavinstanleyfury]

Boss! Vincent, Cochran, Bily Fury pure R'n'R!

[Obeijin]

Will anyone still be listening to Laqdy GaGa 50 years from now ?

[killgreed]

@Obeijin Who?

[Obeijin]

@killgreed You don't know ?

[roberthungry]

@JDurden33 amen!

[05Toamasina1938]

Great hand Clapping !!!!!!!!!!!

[edurocker01]

gene and eddie cochran wowwwwww!

[nosajmunson]

Old School Bad Ass. Gene was the template for real Rock Stars! Song of the day for June 16, 2010 on ihatepeacocksDOTcom

[Nokorola]

I can't find this version of the lyrics anywhere.

[MrCallipygous]

Brenda Lee recalled touring with Gene in the UK. One night she got a call from him "Brenda, they stole my leg!". Turned out that the promoter had taken his leg brace to keep him from partying all around town and staying up all night.

[Opfergangsteryeah]

who is the bassplayer?

[johnpringo]

these guys would be stars today..1958 great stuff

[detroitbob]

Great rock video! Did it look as though Gene was limping when he left the stage? And what's with the hair on the bass player. Didn't he go on to form A Flock of Seagulls?

[68enxy]

Gene Vincent video--priceless

[GoggleFreak234]

why cant they make muic likethy used to downwith rap

[InteriorCommando]

That's Rock and Roll, with a capital R...

[ginger1959able]

The 17th of April is the 50th anniversary of the death of Genes best friend Eddie Cochran in a car crash.

[westcokid]

white boys rippin it up

[JohnnyCash1Fan1]

the piano man sucks

[378TPO]

i feel like getting up and doin the twist

[bumblebeemoi]

With Rockabilly you're going to do the Twist? Clearly, you don't dance! I very fast Jitterbug/swing or Balboa, perhaps...but TWIST???

[andrewextraordinaire]

@bumblebeemoi you are a grade a douchebag

[kmarc123]

I pix her up in my 88

[PAULLONDEN]

@kmarc123 Cuz I gots me a date &;-]

[orpheusreborn]

@kmarc123

Yes, you can write down one of the lyrics. Good for you.

[kmarc123]

@orpheusreborn Blow me!

[tolanstout]

@kmarc123

Morons who write comments that are nothing more than lyrics from the song deserve to be ridiculed. Please stay off YouTube.

[kmarc123]

@tolanstout how is this for a comment "suck it" asshole

[CodeMaker2011]

he's so sweet

[djsundancekid]

No Gene Vincent? no party!

[tunderbomber]

Love the outfits, slacks and twotone shoes. An eager bunch too!

[GoggleFreak234]

hell ya people wonder y i like classic rock so much

[notchinese1]

YESSSSSS!!!!!

[FuckStaub]

dam great guitarist

[xxxStrayCatxxx]

shame about the amps!!

[Alembic25]

Yeah! They need a Marshall and an Amgeg. Can you imagine!!!!

[ELNITO2009]

bloody great rockin' one!!!! thx a lot ;)

[QVrat123]

Dang that guitarist can rip

Cool how the first solo he pulls out is straight out blues and the second is a country/rockabilly piece

the two flavors that went into creating Rock and Roll

[Mark51580]

wow the blonde guitar player really stole the show lol

[Buzzerifier]

Elvis spirit brother.

[ginger1959able]

Johnny Meeks lead guitar Grady Owen electric bass the session is October25 1958

[ginger1959able]

Cliff Gallup left the Blue caps 11 months before this show the guitar players on the town hall party shows are Johnny Meeks and Jerry Merrett and Grady Owen

[EdMuirton]

Would you know who the guitar player is in this clip?

[poisenpen2003]

gonna BALL tonight

[poisenpen2003]

shag it on down to the UNION hall!!

[iamadam999]

Cliff Gallup is the guitar player.

[mcul2112]

thanks dude. the guy is a badass....

[twoslices]

@iamadam999

No,Johnny Meeks

[mcul2112]

who's that friggin' guitar player?

[iamadam999]

Cliff Gallup.

[thelastnic]

johnny meeks good guitarist but not cliff gallup, think gene vincent under rated, had solid band behind him

[maryjulie2]

It`s a great song!!!!

[444Sal444]

Too F*ing Cool, really.

If only we had guys like this today.

[pjshot]

i was born 58 well what can i say mate pjshot darwin nt oz

[mindlessuniverse]

Too bad they hadn't heard of punk...

[RussX5Z]

This is sort of like the beginning of punk.

[loopysnoopy77]

88 cubic inches of pure sure gods dogs bollox rub it in  ted

[tobad4ya]

unreal guitar solo!

[davetheodore14]

Micheal Jackson, The Chipmunks, and the hula hoop were all born this yaer

[batmanbond]

awesome

[13loomisst]

This is a Little Richard song, covered by many. Thanks for posting.

[GiGiCage]

is this an original of his?

[polygamous1]

well its Different from Elvis's version But i love this too first time i heard this thx for posting R n R belongs to america even shaking all over forgoten his name now the English bloke did an excellent job of it

[denisxx61]

Shaking All Over - Johnny Kidd and the Pirates. One of the very few really great British rock bands.

[Sound4Sense]

This is amazing!

I have collected most of their old songs on records over the years, and really dig them. I hope in the future that history gives them their due finally,  Their music will NEVER die.

[hyperbilly13]

Cliff Gallup is one of Jeff Beck's inspirations for guitar

[BCRSIX]

Is that Cliff Gallup on guitar? I know he played on the original recordings, then quit the band (got religion - totally quit guitar). There were several replacements after him.  Who was this guy?

[captross07]

He didn't get religion. He got a family and didn't want to put strain on them by touring. Oh, and he didn't quit playing guitar all together. He played until the day he died, doing various shows and some session work here and there. He avoided the spotlight, though.

[jazzbilly54]

I don't think that's Cliff Gallup

[bellgardens53]

NO, not Cliff Gallup but Johnny Meeks. On recordings, Meeks was on lead gtr, March '57 - April '58 and mid September - mid November '58. Grady Owen played rythm gtr from January -April '58, bass from May-July '58, bass again mid-September - mid November '58. Howard Reed was in Vincent's band as guitarist, May to July '58

[daveclarkfive60]

Heavy metal yeah !

[fidge54]

Badass

[ElizabethxPete]

Man, I love this music. some of the best music ever created, early rock n roll:D

[musicprodave]

The guitar player's dancing is killin me...great stuff but funny too

[triguydeguy]

This is the real deal, 1958, no production, totally live, best yet, not influenced by past bands. This is in the beginning. ALL rock with stage presence came after this. This is R&R 101. Watch the bass and guitar players. Totally confident. What they were doing was still new, and Gene and the boys did it better than ANY white rock and rollers. This was bad boy music. This video is a gem.

[captross07]

You know this is a cover of a little richard song, right?

[bellgardens53]

triguy...you are so right. Couldn't say it better. New ground being covered so to speak.

[bellgardens53]

The ever 1st gig Vincent & the Blue Caps did was in late June '56, Myrtle Beach, North Carolina. Would give pretty much go back and film that. What a history treasure of gold it would be....one can dream.

[js451]

Loud. Fun. A little angry. That, kiddies, is how the Rock® is rolled®.

[bass0111]

Wow! Great! Seminal stuff . *Love* the early Fender® instruments, especially the early Precision® bass and Bassman® amp.

[mattskiba25]

"the queers" did a cover of this song on a cd.

[mezatlan1]

ROCKABILLY AT ITS FINEST!!!

[hollowcats01]

Ritchie plays This song dirty In La Bamba (Movie) In his First Start Sounds Kooo

[glockdoc]

Gene Vincent could sing. I like the way he sings, "Gonna rip it up!" Raspy and strained, just perfect.

[Queenofthewildwind]

That's ROCK'N'ROLL!

[TMOTR]

:~)

[PHAEDRIDER]

at least we got to keep him .. way way too bad about eddie.. coulda been both though .. how can anyone watch this and not get the connection between this and punk baffles me !

[Khultan]

Damn-punk is a media manufactured word that the artists and musicians never identified themselves as.

[henley65]

Sweet Gene Vincent.

This is also the title of a song by the late, great Ian Dury. Look it up & listen to the lyrics. Very profound.

[californiasweet]

elvis was a pyssy cat!

[henley65]

haha! :-)

[arsewipe24]

big up ian

[henley65]

If anyone from 70`s British pop deserves it, Ian Dury must be it!

What a waste!

[blinko656]

Today everything is Brilliant. Gosh, it is a good performance. Get rid of Brilliant.

[BuddyBastiHolly]

Brilliant Performance..I love the song!

[stoberto06]

i like the lead guitar alot lol

[loishall43]

There hasn!t been a decade since the fifities that I enjoyed more. Glad to of been a teenager back then. Got to buy all this great stuff at the music store......we were screaming, like they called Gene. screaming gene vincent..

[amhyams]

Go gene vincent!

[swingtown53]

oh yeah, john lennon loved his music,played it all the time

[jimmy59ca]

Gene started the bling, he was the original, he started wearing a chain a little later